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- Title
Modernizing the Russian District Heating Sector: Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments under the New Federal Heat Law.
- Authors
Boute, Anatole
- Abstract
The article analyzes the new legislative basis that the 2010 Federal Heat Law, together with the Federal Energy Efficiency Law creates for the regulation of tariffs in the heating sector in Russia. It outlines the state and structure of the Russian district heating sector. It highlights investment challenges facing the Russian heating sector by focusing on the necessity for improvement in energy efficiency and the need to exploit the potential for renewable energy sources, in particular biomass and geothermal energy. It analyzes the specific case of combined heat and power (CHP) installations, particularly the issue of cost allocation between the heat and electricity output of these installations.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; ENERGY consumption laws; HEATING &; ventilation industry; ENERGY industries; RENEWABLE energy sources; GEOTHERMAL resources; COST allocation; ELECTRIC power production; ELECTRIC utilities; INVESTMENTS
- Publication
Pace Environmental Law Review, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 3, p746
- ISSN
0738-6206
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.58948/0738-6206.1704